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Table 1 Knowledge about health care-associated infections and control measures

From: Healthcare workers and health care-associated infections: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in emergency departments in Italy

Number of question

Questions (correct response)

n

%

Health care-associated infections that a healthcare worker can acquire from a patient

   B1b

Hepatitis C (true)

289

94.1

   B1c

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (true)

277

90.2

   B1h

Tetanus (false)

264

86

   B1d

Influenza (true)

189

61.6

   B1a

Hepatitis B (true)

177

57.7

   B1i

Tuberculosis (true)

122

39.7

   B1f

Mumps (true)

43

14

   B1g

Rubella (true)

43

14

   B1l

Varicella (true)

40

13

   B1e

Measles (true)

35

11.4

Health care-associated infections that a healthcare worker can transmit to a patient

   B2h

Tetanus (false)

297

96.7

   B2d

Influenza (true)

210

68.4

   B2b

Hepatitis C (true)

95

30.9

   B2c

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (true)

74

24.1

   B2i

Tuberculosis (true)

48

15.6

   B2a

Hepatitis B (true)

45

14.7

   B2f

Mumps (true)

17

5.5

   B2l

Varicella (true)

16

5.2

   B2e

Measles (true)

14

4.6

   B2g

Rubella (true)

14

4.6

Control measures

   B6

Wearing gloves, mask, and protective eyewear (true)

289

94.1

   B4

Hands hygiene measures after removing gloves (true)

281

91.5

   B5

Changing mask before going to another patient (true)

222

72.3

Risk factors

   B7

Invasive procedures (true)

281

91.5

   B8

HCWs' hands are vehicle for transmission of nosocomial pathogens (true)

275

89.6

  1. HCW = Healthcare worker